1 | Description | Colorless crystals. | Colorless crystals. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Freely soluble in water; Insoluble in alcohol . |
3 | Identification A (By Chemical test) | Complies | A pink color should produce |
4 | Identification B (sulfate) | Complies | Colorless solution; should yield a white precipitate with barium chloride which should insoluble in hydrochloric acid and nitric acid |
5 | Identification C (for Sodium) | Complies | A dense precipitate should produce. |
6 | Assay | 97.70% | 95.0% - 100.5% |
7 | Iron(Fe) | Less than 10 ppm | NMT 10 ppm |
8 | Selenium (Se) | Less than 10 ppm | NMT 10 ppm |
9 | Thiosulfates | 0.07% | NMT 0.1% |
10 | Zinc (Zn) | Less than 25 ppm | NMT 25 ppm |
11 | Color and Clarity of solution | Passes | Clear and colorless solution |
12 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 100 cfu/gm | 100 cfu/gm max |
13 | Total Yeast & mold count | Less than 10 cfu/gm | 10 cfu/gm max |
14 | E.coli | Absent/gm | Must be absent per gm |
15 | Salmonella | Absent/10 gm | Must be absent per 10 gm |
16 | Pseud. aeruginosa | Absent/gm | Must be absent per gm |
17 | Bile-tolerant gram negative bacteria | Absent/gm | Must be absent per gm |
18 | Staphylococcus aureus | Absent/gm | Must be absent per gm |
19 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 2.5 EU/mg | 2.5 EU/mg max. |